| Let's put this into a European context. The MINI Cooper's combined EU fuel economy is 6.7 l / 100 km. There are about 300 models of car available in the UK. Of those, over 100 models have cars that better the Cooper's fuel consumption (including diesels and hybrids). If you consider petrol (gasoline) cars only then about 40 models have cars that are more economical.
Source: Top Gear magazine new car data. | 
